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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen V. Gillman, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Chris E. McHugh, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Scott A. Millsap, Saginaw, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/04 ; B62D 5/04 ; B62D 6/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/04 ; B62D 5/04 ; B62D 6/10 ;
Abstract
An electric power assist steering system is controlled by sensing torque in a steering shaft at a point along said steering shaft between a hand wheel and a mechanical connection to an electric motor, wherein the sensing includes sensing a magnetic field direction and intensity.